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Calculator Community => Other Calc-Related Projects and Ideas => TI Z80 => Topic started by: shadow on April 13, 2006, 02:00:00 pm

Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: shadow on April 13, 2006, 02:00:00 pm
The Crystal Shards is an Rpg by me. It is about a young village boy who one day met a soothsayer. The soothsayer tells him that he must go and find 4 crystal shards(hmmmmmmm i wonder how my title relate to my game? :Dbiggrin.gif ), one for each element, to lock up the demon king. He also tells him that he will also be aided by one other to defeat the demon king. Soon the young village boy, Talom, sets off on an adventure not knowing that it might change him.........


ill post more later...
( remeber that this my first graphical rpg :Dbiggrin.gif)
this game is made with xlib, codex, and basic (theres your answer Liazon)
So far done:
Main prescene done, need preprescene......

Inn, 50% with shops

moving, hit dection done (thank god!!!), moving up and down screens( not side to side, 2 lazy)

talking to people

need AI for battle
87% done with item use

done with attacking with talom and talom sprite

done with the run command

need skills command, there are 5 skills for each char. you can level up the skills 3 times, but you need to buy scrolls or use 2(i haven't decieded if 2 is good enough..) level points (each time u level up u get 5 level points for health, mana, defence, ect)

currently iam working on fixing a memory leak, atleast i think it is a memerory leak, i am removing all the Goto's  :angry:angry.gif:angry:angry.gif


i would post some pics if i knew how......*cough i could use a bit of help here cough*





Ps. we NEED more Smilies!!!!! Shout with me if you agree :Dbiggrin.gif
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: Liazon on April 13, 2006, 02:05:00 pm
Will this be pure BASIC, xlib, or in ASM?
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on April 13, 2006, 02:38:00 pm
OOh that sound nice, the old xLIB is much more slower though and take lot of ram. With the new one you could run programs from archive memory so you would have less worry about 24 KB ram limit ;)wink.gif

and I agree we need more smileys, but we had a great collection on the old forums (which were deleted a few days ago), I should put them back, as I have a backup of them
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: katmaster on April 13, 2006, 04:24:00 pm
Sounds pretty neat-o. As for pictures, if you use http://users.hszk.bme.hu/~pg429/pindurti/, you can just press tab during execution to begin taking a screenshot. You can make lovely moving pictures this way, too.


Yeah, more smilies would be nice, too. The wink one looks kinda strange too....... looks more like disgusted or something.
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on April 14, 2006, 12:37:00 am
The current smileys are default IPB 1.3 ones. Zetaboard will prbly use different ones. I dunno maybe I should make my own or edit some of my old ones, I think I'll just dump the old ones here
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: shadow on April 14, 2006, 01:11:00 pm
QuoteBegin-katmaster+Apr 13 2006, 10:24 PM-->
QUOTE (katmaster @ Apr 13 2006, 10:24 PM)
Sounds pretty neat-o. As for pictures, if you use http://users.hszk.bme.hu/~pg429/pindurti/, you can just press tab during execution to begin taking a screenshot. You can make lovely moving pictures this way, too.


Yeah, more smilies would be nice, too. The wink one looks kinda strange too....... looks more like disgusted or something.  

 i tried Pindurti but it says ERROR: this file doesn't match the running model.

i have have a ti 84 S+
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on April 14, 2006, 01:24:00 pm
hmm what file are u trying to send? it must end in .8xg, 8xp, 8xi, 8xk, etc. Also make sure you send the ROM to the emulator (drag/drop in window)
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: bfr on April 14, 2006, 02:51:00 pm
This project seems to be good.  :)smile.gif

Gah...this is probably the 3141th time I wished I had a TI-83+ series calculator.  :Ptongue.gif  There are so many good programs out there and that are being made for the TI-83+ series calculators.
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on April 14, 2006, 02:54:00 pm
GET ONE GET ONE!!! j/k Nah 89s are good too, I wish I had one to play corridor 99

I hope this project get completed
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: Dragon__lance on April 14, 2006, 03:14:00 pm
me 2, sounds quite nice, so will it be like FF?
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: shadow on April 15, 2006, 08:08:00 am
QuoteBegin-xlibman+Apr 14 2006, 07:24 PM-->
QUOTE (xlibman @ Apr 14 2006, 07:24 PM)
hmm what file are u trying to send? it must end in .8xg, 8xp, 8xi, 8xk, etc. Also make sure you send the ROM to the emulator (drag/drop in window)

the file i am sending is just a file from my calc., the battle program, when i drag it into the teal colored window i get the error. :oohmy.gif
is this the rom? is it something else....if so how can i get the rom from my calc?


hmmmmm i guess you can say my game is kinda like FF, but i guess the that decestion is up to you..... :blink:blink.gif

either way thanks for all of the  :Dbiggrin.gif encouragement :Dbiggrin.gif
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on April 15, 2006, 12:17:00 pm
U need to get the ROM off your calculator, but we cant provide links to them as they are illegal to distribute. You can also use flash debugger though but then its another thing to setup a calc capture program to take screenshots
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: shadow on April 15, 2006, 01:15:00 pm
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr i can't get the rom off my calc.......
i got a rom dumper from ticalc but it is not working (smashes computer and calulator witha hammer, then cries....)
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on April 15, 2006, 01:19:00 pm
TI-84+ roms wont work on PTI I think :(sad.gif , I have a 83+SE actually, but I have to use my 83+ ROM to run PTI

maybe once u get a demo you could send it to me so hopefully I can make a screenie :)smile.gif
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: rivereye on April 15, 2006, 02:13:00 pm
*cough*TILem*cough*
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on April 15, 2006, 02:50:00 pm
yeah thats another idea

now to get calcapture to work with it
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: Dragon__lance on April 16, 2006, 10:15:00 am
here's wat i recommend u do, go to ticalc.org and get the newest version of rom8x, here, http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/373/37341.html, the program is very easy to use and is also compatible with silver link cable, then just go to TI's website and download the newest version of the flash rom, v1.19 i believe, rom8x has a function to combine the incomplete rom u sent and the flash rom from TI and make it into a usable ROM for most emulators, including pindur TI! hope i helped! :Dbiggrin.gif
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: rivereye on April 16, 2006, 10:23:00 am
wow, I didn't relieze they had that, I used .1 back when I got my ROM
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: shadow on April 16, 2006, 01:43:00 pm
hmmmmmmm, you know what how, about i send the game files to u guys and you can post the screenies for me.........
from what i tried this is the best metheod.... <_<dry.gif
ill ask how to post my files on here later i still have to update and fix some bugs first :Dbiggrin.gif
stupid computer.........
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: tenniskid493 on April 16, 2006, 01:59:00 pm
you can send them to me if you want..i love making screenies  Plus I have tons of time tonight so I can finish them up tonight.
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: shadow on April 16, 2006, 02:08:00 pm
user posted image

user posted image

user posted image

user posted image

HAHAHAHAHA i DID IT  :Dbiggrin.gif:Dbiggrin.gif:Dbiggrin.gif
but i didn't use an emulator , so it can only be still pics  :(sad.gif
note: xlibman, i already told u this but i took some sprites from you, the sprites i took are highlighted in red, don't worry ill put your name in the credits

hope u guys like talom (took forever to make him...). If got any suggestions for him(or about the game) plz tell me
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on April 16, 2006, 02:14:00 pm
wow look nice, i see you used RL3 trees right? If you need more sprites check the FF:ROS topic here on this forum ^^
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: shadow on April 16, 2006, 02:18:00 pm
lol i didn't see your post after i posted the note for u
thx for letting me use your sprites, they are 2 good (drooling on keyboard)
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: katmaster on April 16, 2006, 02:40:00 pm
QuoteBegin-shadow+Apr 16 2006, 08:18 PM-->
QUOTE (shadow @ Apr 16 2006, 08:18 PM)
(drooling on keyboard)  

:blink:blink.gif

Wow those sceenshots look good! Keep up the great work!
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on April 16, 2006, 03:10:00 pm
wow I didnt noticed the new screenshots this look nice so far, feel free to send it to me once a playable version is ready so I can make a screenie :)smile.gif

I also need to post a news about the forum shutdown and crap that happened, so then we can start posting news again >.<
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: tenniskid493 on April 16, 2006, 04:10:00 pm
Very nice screenies!!!  This game looks really cool!
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: Spellshaper on April 16, 2006, 11:17:00 pm
QuoteBegin-shadow+Apr 17 2006, 01:18 AM-->
QUOTE (shadow @ Apr 17 2006, 01:18 AM)
(drooling on keyboard)  

 me too... :blink:blink.gif

nice screenies! keep it up!

btw: we need the :thumb: smiley again :lol:laugh.gif
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on April 17, 2006, 06:10:00 am
I like the battle sprite, like the one in your avatar
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: shadow on April 17, 2006, 09:26:00 am
thanks a lot guys :Dbiggrin.gif:Dbiggrin.gif
right now iam working on the main menu (got bored of working on the battle sytem)

iam getting a bit (maybe waaay) head of my self but i planned that my next game will a grayscale prince of persia, u know the old one on the computer, u think it will be possible?
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: Spellshaper on April 17, 2006, 09:43:00 am
Why not? ^^
Everything's possible, given enough time and memory
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on April 17, 2006, 09:46:00 am
hmm advice, dont do something too huge as first programs, I mean try to avoid grayscale for now, master all the TI BASIC tricks and once you are confortable with them you can experiment grayscale and such things ;)wink.gif
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: shadow on April 17, 2006, 10:13:00 am
ok thx ill take your advice, but ill give it a shot after i finish crystal shards, like spellshaper said
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: g28401 on April 18, 2006, 11:09:00 am
Sounds intersting...sorta reminds me of The Black Crystal.  
I got Elder Scrolls IV
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: shadow on April 18, 2006, 11:23:00 am
The Black Crystal?
Elder Scrolls IV??
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: katmaster on April 18, 2006, 02:52:00 pm
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QUOTE (shadow @ Apr 18 2006, 05:23 PM)
Elder Scrolls IV??  

 Morrowind, I believe. Awesome game.
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: shadow on April 19, 2006, 10:13:00 am
 :(sad.gif:(sad.gif:(sad.gif my programming is deyalyed, becouse my calc ran out of  batteries  ......stupid batteries :angry:angry.gif:angry:angry.gif
i should invent a new calc that doesn't run on batteries.....
"one month later, I present to you the stupidity powered calculator!!!"


p.s. we need a crying smilie
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: tenniskid493 on April 19, 2006, 11:51:00 am
use an emulator...they run on your computer so you don't have to worry about battery life

I point you to http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/84/8442.html, http://users.hszk.bme.hu/~pg429/pindurti/, and http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/372/37211.html.  All of these are decent emulators.  The crowd favorite seems to be Pindur TI, the 2nd one, but I personally like TilEm, the last one.  VTI, the 1st one, is nice if you can get it to work, but I never could :(sad.gif . All of these will require you to get a ROM image from your calculator.  I would recommend http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/373/37341.html as it has worked for me in the past.

Hope that information helped.
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on April 19, 2006, 12:44:00 pm
I wish they had a calc like the nintendo DS, you can play even when recharging the batteries  
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: shadow on April 19, 2006, 01:21:00 pm
QuoteBegin-tenniskid493+Apr 19 2006, 05:51 PM-->
QUOTE (tenniskid493 @ Apr 19 2006, 05:51 PM)
use an emulator...they run on your computer so you don't have to worry about battery life

I point you to http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/84/8442.html, http://users.hszk.bme.hu/~pg429/pindurti/, and http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/372/37211.html.
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: g28401 on April 20, 2006, 05:20:00 pm
Elder IV is Oblivion and it fuckin' lags!!!!  Grr...

The black crystal was a claymation movie that was pretty good
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on May 20, 2006, 12:05:00 pm
how is it progressing so far?
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: Radical Pi on May 21, 2006, 06:48:00 am
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QUOTE (xlibman @ Apr 17 2006, 08:46 PM)
hmm advice, dont do something too huge as first programs, I mean try to avoid grayscale for now, master all the TI BASIC tricks and once you are confortable with them you can experiment grayscale and such things ;)wink.gif

 Ok, time for me to join this topic. :)smile.gif How is progress coming along, if any yet?

I'll give the same advice as up there, but my story is a bit ironic with that. (GQES) :rolleyes:rolleyes.gif
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: shadow on June 19, 2006, 02:33:00 pm
YAAAAAH final are over and summer starts, am now beginning to work on the game agian (hopefully i wont loose intrest)
i put in some puzles and mazes to make a bit like the zelda games and/or like golden sun  
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on June 20, 2006, 01:59:00 am
nice to see this project alive again, I cant wait for new screenies and progress
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: bfr on June 20, 2006, 04:56:00 am
yeah.  this is going to be so awesome when it's finished.
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 04, 2006, 11:54:00 am
what happened to shadow? o.oblink.gif

last visit was on june 29th 2006 :(sad.gif
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: Spellshaper on August 04, 2006, 01:04:00 pm
uhm... taking a week off?
Title: The Crystal Shards!!!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 04, 2006, 01:36:00 pm
dunno its have been over a month since he last went here, he left without telling anything :(sad.gif